1- MEAL Consultant - Ajyal Association
TERMS OF REFERENCE
Consultancy #: 2023 –C – 03
Tamkeen program "Youth Empowerment and Development"
About Ajyal
Ajyal Association for Creativity and Development is a Palestinian nongovernmental organization firstly established in 2003 and registered at the Ministry of Interior, no.7329. It mainly aims to contribute in the Palestinian society development through implementing a variety of programs and developing projects. It seeks likewise to develop the concepts of community work according to a vision suits our society needs and to increase the targeted groups awareness and perception to contribute in a real development process to ultimately enhance and develop our society abilities. Ajyal works on four main programs: (Youth, child, woman and humanitarian support).
Project Description:
Ajyal Association has received a grant from IM Swedish Development Partner for its project Tamkeen: "Youth Empowerment and Development", #:832026 aiming at the social inclusion of the rights holders, by increasing their participation in public affairs, particularly youth engagement in the local governance. Moreover, enhancing the rights holders' economic inclusion via increasing their access and utilization of their productive resources and individual assets that could be as a small capital in order to start their business as follow:
Overall Project Objective: "Contributing to resilience building of youth in the Gaza Strip"
Specific objective 1: Enabling Palestinian Youth to engage in labour market via “Telework” aiming at improving their economic situation.
Specific objective 2: Empowered young civic leaders among Palestinian youth who are able to achieve better change at local governance.
Period: 8 months.
Roles and responsibilities:
- Review all project-related documents.
- Develop and/or update M&E tools, databases and monthly reporting formats in close collaboration with the project team.
- Formulate the project's monitoring and evaluation plan based on its framework.
- Continuous coordination with the project team to ensure the effective implementation of the monitoring and evaluation system and procedures used in data collection.
- Produce interim and annual evaluations to measure the project’s progress in both components "economic and social inclusion", and provide recommendations for the development of the work, and the mechanisms used to implement its various activities.
- Prepare the MEAL framework and tools and participate to the development of the databases.
- Organize and provide follow-up meetings, as needed.
- Ensure that the vision and strategy of the project are incorporated into the monitoring and evaluation processes.
- Monitor overall project implementation and provide feedback and achievements to the project staff.
Deliverables:
- Written M&E plan and develop project monitoring and evaluation tools (quantitative and qualitative) with a social and economic impact lens, to measure the achievements of the project objectives.
- Carry out interim and annual evaluations to measure the project’s progress.
- Develop a tracking plan for the targets for both components of the project and activities.
- Prepare monitoring and evaluation tools, and templates as needed.
- Written progress reports with the support of the project team.
- Tracking and documenting project activities and achievements.
- Measuring project success indicators and following up on trainees' work within the project components to assess, monitor and evaluate the results.
- Measurements and assessments of project outcomes, developing required tools to activate the project framework.
- Generating reports to formulate overall measurable results and indicators in the action plans.
- Assist in documenting and monitoring success stories, feedback and learning lessons.
Required qualifications:
- Holding a bachelor's degree in a related field.
- At least three years of experience in t monitoring, follow-up, and evaluation field.
- Advanced knowledge of monitoring and evaluation systems in various areas of development, including different approaches and implementation mechanisms.
- Previous experience in producing M& E reports and documents related to projects, in both Arabic and English languages.
- Possess high communication skills, and the ability to work within a team.
- Previous experience in economic and social development projects for youth.
Application Consideration
Interested applicants are required to send:
- Financial offer: budget breakdown of the total costs of the service provision per the above tasks. The submitted offers should be in ILS.
- CV and cover letter.
- The consultant should submit a detailed technical proposal including work methodology, action plan as well as recommendations for the follow-up and monitoring to be adhered to by the project team and staff.
- The offers must include separate technical and financial proposals;
- Applications without financial proposal will be treated as incomplete.
- We reserve the right not to accept any of the offers received, without declaring the reasons.
- Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted following the preliminary scanning and review of the received offers from consultants.
The criteria which shall serve as basis for evaluating offers will be:
- Technical qualification; (70%)
- (30%) on the resume.
- (20%) Previous work and experiences.
- (20%) work methodology, action plan.
- Financial proposal; (30%).
The total price shall be in a fixed lump-sum amount, and milestone payments corresponding to outputs shall be indicated in the proposal.
Interested applicants should submit the Job Application Form through.
Interested candidates are highly encouraged to submit the proposals in closed envelopes to Ajyal Association Tal El HAwa, near to Carefour mall, opposite to Cedar restaurant, Abu Yousef Al Najjar building no later than Sunday, 14th May 2023; from 10:00 am to 15:00 pm daily. Friday and Saturday are days-off ,For more details, contact us at: TamkeenAjyal@gmail.com
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2- Fundraising Coordinator - Ajyal Association
- Job Title: Fundraising Coordinator
- Location: Gaza – Saha Al-shawa
- Duration: Temporary.
Background:
Ajyal Association for Creativity & Development (ACCD) is one of the leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the field of youth and children empowerment across the Gaza Strip. Ajyal thrives to improve qualities of youth who are facing double marginalization and enable them to actively play a positive role in the development of Palestinian community.
Ajyal was established in 2003 and registered in the Ministry of Interior under registration number 7329, it aims to contribute at Palestinian society development through providing a series of innovative interventions and pioneering projects. with more than 18 years of working experience, ACCD has successfully forged many partnerships with international and local organizations in pursue of its mandate and achieving desired change at the individual and community levels.
Key functions, accountabilities and related duties/tasks:
- Ajyal is looking for a dynamic and creative Fund-Raising Coordinator who will be able to accomplish the following duties:
- Take a lead in developing/maintaining and implementing the organization's fundraising plans
- Build partnerships with potential partners (Private Sector and/or International/Regional Donors) to secure restricted and/or unrestricted funds
- Taking a lead in relationship management with regard to donors
- Write proposals, reports and other documentation/fund-raising tools
- Co-ordinate work with all related staff to ensure that it is produced with high quality standards and in a timely manner.
- Harness opportunities to engage potential partners in Ajyal operations.
- Manage fund raising activities, which include ensuring activities are in line with targets, relationships are maintained with third parties, and organization’s capabilities are matched with expectations.
- Negotiate and maintain in kind support to ensure minimal expenditure.
- Maintain and develop knowledge of new and emerging fundraising techniques and opportunities.
Qualifications:
- A university Degree in Marketing, Advertising, Communication, or relevant field.
- At least three years of experience in a relevant field.
- Experience in developing relationships with external donors.
- Fluency in English, Strong written & communications skills.
- Ability to explain complex projects in a clear, concise and attractive way.
- Ability to work in a team and form productive, supportive & professional relationships.
- Knowledge of the local private sector, and international/regional donors.
- Reliable, self-motivated and flexible; able to respond to new opportunities.
- Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability.
Application Instructions:
Ajyal is mainstreaming of the gender concept; Female and persons with disability candidates are encouraged to apply for this position
Interested candidates should submit their CVs, and cover letter in English through:
Link: https://cutt.us/kJIPJ
Deadline for applications is 13/05/2023 at 4:00 PM.
Any Arabic applications or applications that doesn’t fulfill the requested requirements or applications after 13/05/2023 at 4:00 PM will be ignored
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
3- HR Coordinator - Ajyal Association
- Job Title: HR Coordinator.
- Location: Gaza – Saha Al-shawa.
- Duration: Temporary.
Background:
Ajyal Association for Creativity & Development (ACCD) is one of the leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the field of youth and children empowerment across the Gaza Strip. Ajyal thrives to improve qualities of youth who are facing double marginalization and enable them to actively play a positive role in the development of Palestinian community.
Ajyal was established in 2003 and registered in the Ministry of Interior under registration number 7329, it aims to contribute at Palestinian society development through providing a series of innovative interventions and pioneering projects. with more than 18 years of working experience, ACCD has successfully forged many partnerships with international and local organizations in pursue of its mandate and achieving desired change at the individual and community levels.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Follow up HR processes including: Attendance, Recruitment, Training, Performance Evaluation, Payroll, etc.
- Maintain and update the HR policies, procedures and processes manual, rules and regulations and other relevant documents.
- Ensure that policies, procedures and processes are up-to-date and compliant with Palestinian employment law.
- Provide guidance and support to managers and employees.
- implements and develops the annual training plan and budget, in cooperation with executive management, ensuring that it encompasses best practices and the key business needs and staff skills needed to improve the company.
- Develops best practice business and people solutions with the HR environment.
- Support the development and implementation of HR initiatives and systems.
Qualifications:
- BA in Business Administration, Social Studies or relevant field;
- Five years’ experience in HR and/or personnel management and administration;
- Understanding of labor law and disciplinary procedures;
- Proficient in MS Office especially in Excel;
- Able to take initiative and responsibility of own tasks and duties
- Excellent communication skills in English and Arabic.
Application Instructions:
- Ajyal is mainstreaming of the gender concept; Female and persons with disability candidates are encouraged to apply for this position
- Interested candidates should submit their CVs, and cover letter in English through:
- Link: https://cutt.us/9LwkU
- Deadline for applications is 13/05/2023 at 4:00 PM.
- Any Arabic applications or applications that doesn’t fulfill the requested requirements or applications after 13/05/2023 at 4:00 PM will be ignored
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.